Hi all Upgradeitus being the terrible bug that it surely is, and before you know it ....WUMMPPHH! You start thinking about speakers! I heard a pair of speakers once that I liked better than my precious Avatars..(although it was in a trade show and it was playing opera).. but all the same I'd quite like to go out and listen to speakers that may offer me a presentation I may actually prefer.. They were 'DALI SKYLINE' at the heathrow show some 3 years ago. For those unfamiliar, they are open baffle speakers, with large (12''?) woofers, mid range, and then an enormouse 4 foot ribbon for upper mids and highs. I loved the scale, depth, out of box experience and still having that bass you get with big cones moving air. Thought I might get out and hear some options. If (and its a big IF at this stage) I went for this, I'd have 2,500-3000 to spend on ex-dem or used (not buying new, I refuse!!)... Right now Im after thoughts/listening experiences/peoples experiences with reliability/spares of ribbons and to a lesser extent electrostatics etc SO! just to recap the shopping list would be.. 1) proper full range, not girly full range. 2) out of box experience 3) cones for the bass, not full range electro/ribbon only 4) preferably reasonably efficient, but not necessarily 5) pretty room friendly, nice if it can go a foot from a back wall (not essential, just preferable!) ??!?!? nb anyone heard 'Aurum Cantus' biguns?